In this week 7 match, on Saturday Sep 3rd, Forest Green Rovers hosts Shrewsbury Town at The New Lawn in a meeting of these two evenly matched League One teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which is great football weather. Forest Green Rovers sits at 22nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-5 blowout loss against Sheffield Wednesday. Josh Windass struck first for Sheffield Wednesday in the 12th minute, then Barry Bannan added another in the 19th minute In the end, Forest Green Rovers couldn’t muster any offence and Sheffield Wednesday ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10, while shrewsbury Town sits at 20th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Bristol Rovers. Ryan Loft scored the first goal for Bristol Rovers in the 68th minute, then in the 80th minute, Matthew Pennington sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Ryan Bowman squeezing out at least the one point for Shrewsbury Town. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Luke Leahy and Matthew Pennington are the top scorers for Shrewsbury Town in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Hendry and Jordan Moore-Taylor are the top scorers for Forest Green Rovers in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.